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The container turnover in the terminals of PSA International Ltd. (port of Singapore largest stevedore company) declined by 17.2% between January and August of 2009 compared with the similar period of last year and reached 16.35 million TEU.
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The French container line CMA CGM and the Danish shipping company Maersk Line have decided to expand their services between the Eastern Coast of South America, Central America and the Caribbean.
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The German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has announced a rate increase on its services between South Africa and Northern Europe, as well as between Asia and Latin America.
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The South Korean shipping company Hanjin Shipping (one of the key operators on the Asia-US routes) launches a new service IFX2 on the 22nd of October which will connect India with the Far East.
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A new representative office of GEFCO Russia transport and logistics group of companies has opened in Kaluga. The new office will coordinate the delivery of automobile parts to the car manufacturing plants situated near Kaluga.
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The Israeli shipping company ZIM Integrated Shipping Services plans to increase the shipping rates on its Asian and North European services starting from the 1st of October of 2009.
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COSCO Container Lines (COSCON) introduces an additional peak season surcharge (PSS) for all shipments from the Far East (including Japan), India and Pakistan to the US.
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The total combined container turnover of Odessa Commercial Sea Port (OCSP) and Illichivsk Commercial Sea Port (ICSP) declined by 62% during the period between January and August of 2009 compared with the similar period last year.
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Starting from the 27th of September, CMA CGM, Maersk and Hyundai are planning to cut their services between the ports of China, South Korea, and the eastern coast of US via the Panama canal.
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China’s Xinhua News Agency has announced the PRC government decision to create a new international sea cargo logistics center in Binghai near the port of Tianjin.
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The government of the Chinese Province of Hubei has announced its plans to build new infrastructure facilities in the province capital of Wuhan.
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The shares of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), the largest container in South-East Asia, which are traded on the Singapore Stock Exchange, are demonstrating rapid price growth.
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The Taiwanese container line Evergreen is extending the validation period of the Peak Season Surcharge until the end of the peak season for shipments from the Far East (including Japan) and India to the Mediterranean.
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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line, Japan’s third largest container line in terms of sales) has received a new bulk cargo vessel named Rigel with a deadweight of 297,571 tones.
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The French container line CMA CGM announced another freight rate increase on its routes between Europe and Asia.
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The Indian logistics operator VLMS has launched a new container train between the cities of Morbi (Gujarat State, Western India) and Kannur (Kerala State, South-West India).
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DB Schenker is expanding its offer of innovative cargo monitoring services in the international forwarding market.
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Starting from the 21st of September 2009, the German container line Hapag-Lloyd increases its freight rates on all routes from North Asia to Australia.
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Sujeiva Samaravira, the representative of the shipping, port operations, and aviation industry committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka, has announced that it was necessary for the country’s government to decide on the use of the country’s local railway network for organizing and conducting container cargo transportation.
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The Japanese container line Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a contract with one of America’s leading women’s apparel retail companies Christopher&Banks for consolidated delivery of apparel clothing from Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.
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